Stylistically, the LP 560-4
is all flash and very sharp lines with new front and rear ends. These are
dominated by triangles and trapezoids and long air intakes. It can’t help but
draw attention to itself since is looks like its trying to slice the air into
bits and then scoop it up for dinner.
Individually, the elements
that make up the LP 560-4 are a mess. It should be horrible. It’s nothing but
angles and sharp edges all wrapped up in a overpowering, aggressive package
tinged with madness. It shouldn't work, but the amazing thing is that it does.
Somehow, the whole package looks like a Lamborghini should.
While the LP 560-4 might
take a second glance to dispel the “What the...?” first impression, that isn't
the case with the LP 570-4 Edizione Tecnica. Designed along more traditional
Lamborghini lines, the LP 570-4’s Nero Nemesis paint job, or matt black as the
rest of us call it, with orange pillars and front air intakes has a strong Dark
Knight feel, though tinged with a bit of Adam West from the 1960s. It’s sleeker
than the LP 560-4 with a lighter touch that suggest that it’s trying to slip
through the air rather than cut it to ribbons.
However different the LP
560-4 and the LP 570-4 may look on the outside, they are almost identical under
the skin. Both have an aluminum space frame and an aluminum body with
thermoplastic "hang-on" parts. They have aluminum double-wishbone
front and rear suspension system, power-assisted rack and pinion steering,
aluminum alloy wheels and ceramic brakes.
Both models share a 5.2
liter V10 with continuously variable valve timing, permanent four-wheel -drive
with a viscous traction system, a six-speed paddle shift transmission with
optional robotized sequential system and a limited-slip differential with
asymmetrical locking. In the speed stakes, they’re a tie at 325 km/h (202 mph).
Where the two new Gallardos
do differ performance-wise, it isn't by much. The LP 560-4 has an
electronically controlled rear spoiler instead of a fixed one like the LP 570-4
and while the LP 560-4 has 550 HP (405 kW) and does 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in
3.7 seconds, the LP 570-4 puts out 570 HP (419 kW) and makes 0 to 100 km/h in
3.4 seconds. This isn't surprising, since the LP-570-4 is 70 kilograms (154.32
lb) lighter at 1,340 kg (2.954 lbs) versus 1,410 kg (3.109 lbs). Fuel
consumption is almost identical – 13.7 liters per 100 km (16 mpg) for the LP
560-4 versus 13.5 liters per 100 km (16 mpg) for the LP 570-4.
The Gallardo LP 560-4 and LP
570-4 Edizione Tecnica go on the market in November.
Source: Lamborghini
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